Scp

Secure copy protocol (scp) is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local host and a remote host or between two remote hosts.

Activities

1. Understand the differences between cp, scp and rsync: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20244585/how-does-scp-differ-from-rsync
2. Review security advisories related to scp: CVE-2019-6111 related to scp tool and protocol allowing to overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory

See also

• cp, dd, sftp, scp, rsync, casync, mv, fio, ln, docker cp, kubectl cp, minikube cp, multipass transfer, Copy-Item, Xcopy
• OpenSSH (changelog): /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | ~/.ssh/ | openSSL | sshd logs | sftp | scp | authorized_keys | ssh-keygen | ssh-keyscan | ssh-add | ssh-agent | ssh | Ssh -O stop | ssh-copy-id | CheckHostIP | UseKeychain, OpenSSF

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6111